Over-connected? A qualitative exploration of the relationship between Australian youth and their mobile phones

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-92

  Walsh, Shari P ^a   White, Katherine M ^a   Young, Ross M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Australia; Mobile phone; Qualitative research; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 38549165249     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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